Abi Murthy wrote: > > Kathryne's idea of a high carb diet is almost exactly what my Dad eats- he > is Lacto Vegetarian (eats dairy i.e, milk, yogurt, butter no cheese) and lots > of vegetables and fruits. Seems to help with the PD. When I was Gest Diabetic > I ate pounds of cheese (I bought these rocks of cheese from Costco and munched > my way thru them- The protein really helped then). > > I eat a mostly carb diet- we make sandwiches with potato curry (taste real > good and all pure carb) and what we eat a lot of is beans and rice. You > can cook up canned navy beans etc and then add some spices and mix them with > cooked rice and eat them.. You could add sauteed(?) tomatoes and onions- > anyways a lot of Indian vegetarian food is mostly carb- and you can find > recipes on the web.. (A lot of them courtesy the students who go over here > and realize that there is no Mom to fix dinner :-) ) > > I got carried away- sorry. Dad does have hallucinations from the Duodopa > he takes- and we are going to try the Olanzapine for this soon. His neuro > thinks that this could be the magic key to turn them off.. He takes a > small bit of Tasmar everyday. > > Best of luck, > > abi Please get carried away a little more--that sounds good. Nita Andres [log in to unmask]